Shalom means peace with justice…

by | Sep 13, 2016 | Opinions

One time I bought a fish. He was a beta and the pet store had put him in a tank full of white fish who had bit off all his fins to keep him submissive. When I bought him, he was almost clear in color. One year after living in his own tank he had the longest, most...

If I Could Go Back In Time…

by | Jul 20, 2016 | Opinions

We heard a great message at church this week; one that caused me to consider what I would change if I could go back in time. I have considered this many times. My list has changed through the years, as I grew up in Jesus. It is amazing how different what we think we...

Blessed are the Peacemakers

by | Jul 14, 2016 | Opinions

Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is refuge for us. Selah Psalm 62:8 Immediacy is not a virtue. When I am stressed I feel like announcing my feelings and thoughts about everything, right now to everyone, except God; I don’t...

Fear is Not An Excuse to Abuse

by | Jul 12, 2016 | Prayers & Thanksgiving

I have been at a standstill for about a week, while reading, Codependent No More by By Melodie Beattie. I have read chapter 11: Have a Love Affair With Yourself, 3 times and I plan to read it again. I really want the good things to sink in and make it easier to let...

God Bless America

by | Jul 2, 2016 | Opinions

This week I finally moved my recipes from my old beat up recipe box to my new one; one that belonged to my Great-Grandma Drummond. I learned a few things while I organized my recipes into it: She liked recipes with oranges in them and this recipe box was new to her....

I Want to Like Myself

by | Jun 9, 2016 | Opinions

I want to like myself. I want to love myself. I want to trust my feelings and thoughts. I know I am lovable because Jesus and Karen say I am lovable. My nieces and nephews love me; they like to talk to me, they look excited to see me, they jump to hug and kiss me....

1 Corinthians 3:9-16

by | Mar 25, 2016 | Opinions

1 Corinthians 3:9-16 For we are God’s fellow workers; You are God’s field, you are God’s building. According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each take heed how he builds...

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

by | Mar 25, 2016 | Opinions, Queer Community

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do you not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor...

Galatians 1:10

by | Mar 19, 2016 | Opinions

Galatians 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. Paul had been a Pharisee. He had been taught and he practiced all the laws, given to him by the church – even killing...

Mark 11:17

by | Mar 17, 2016 | Opinions

Mark 11:17 Then He taught, saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations?’ But you have made it a den of thieves.”   In the passages before this scripture Jesus is telling people that possessions can have power...

Mark 4:3-9

by | Mar 16, 2016 | Opinions

Mark 4:3-9 “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow, and it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it. Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it...

Walking Shoes

by | Sep 25, 2015 | Opinions

I found my baby book a couple weeks ago and in it was a note from my mom, when I was 6; she said I prayed a lot on my own and spoke of spiritual things. I don’t remember this but I do remember the day I met Jesus. I was and playing alone in my backyard. That was 33...

September 13, 2015 Prayers

by | Sep 13, 2015 | Prayers & Thanksgiving

Lord, I am confused as to what I should learn from that I have read. It seems that all the scripture that I read in 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles and Jeremiah was just war after war and lie after lie. I recognize I don’t understand the value not only because I see that all of...

September 12, 2015 Prayers

by | Sep 12, 2015 | Prayers & Thanksgiving

Lord, I am overcome. My heart aches for the United States of America. I fear, just as You brought Egypt down because of their pride, lust, greed and love of power, that our nation may also be guilty and in danger of destruction or at least a great scourging. My fear...

September 9, 2015 Prayers

by | Sep 9, 2015 | Prayers & Thanksgiving

Lord, I confess that at times I am not “all in” that I can treat You as though You are something I can come back to at my leisure. Thank You that You’re faithful to our relationship. Please forgive me for not always giving You my best. Please judge...

September 4, 2015 Prayers

by | Sep 4, 2015 | Prayers & Thanksgiving

Lord, Thank You so much that You are Lord! I need You and I am so thankful that You have always been with me and have planned for my needs. Jesus please be with Jho while she travels to Idaho to rescue her father from the fires. Thank You that she is able to do this....

September 3, 2015 Prayers

by | Sep 3, 2015 | Prayers & Thanksgiving

Lord, I recognize that I died with You to my ability to defile myself as I have been taught by others or by an attitude of unfaithfulness based on lust and deceit or by anything that causes hate, disgust, sin or any idols I have set before You, on purpose or because...

Your Anger is Killing You

by | Jul 24, 2015 | Opinions

My heart was aching before I wrote this. Shootings, accusations, harboring un-forgiveness and hatred, gossiping; all these things bombard us in the news, in the shows we watch for entertainment, Facebook News Feeds (and all the other Social Networking sites),...

Learning Forgiveness

by | Jun 4, 2015 | Opinions

I am so glad that I am a child of God. Because He is my Father He is always teaching me something. Some lessons are harder than others. We have been working on forgiveness for a long time….we still are… “And whenever you stand praying, if you have...

There is No Magic Pill

by | May 28, 2015 | Opinions, Wellness

I have decided that there is no magic pill…that was always the answer I just didn’t want to think that. I was taking 2 different meds to help me with living with anxiety disorder and the one meant to help me sleep didn’t always work. I had decided it...